Throughout this semester the author Scott McCloud has been used to teach us about writing and reading. He has by far been my favorite author to read. Is articles are writing in for form of a comic book, making it fun to read while still being informative. What I find most interesting about him is that you often don’t think of comics as a reliable source of information, but McCloud proves us all wrong. His article “The Vocabulary of Comics” was probably the most interesting thing I have read all semester. I love reading things that make you thin of the world around you. He speaks about symbols and icons, he makes you realize that when you see a picture of drawing, they represent what is real. He says, “The fact that your mind is capable of taking a circle, two dots and a line and turning them into a face is nothing short of incredible. But still more incredible is the fact that you cannot avoid seeing a face here…” After I read this passage I was amazing at myself. The fact that things so simple can represent something that is so important is amazing. Symbols have a great impact on people, but they are nothing more than simple drawings. The fact that a drawing can represent so much more that itself baffles me. Wars have started over symbols; people have lived, died, fought for and defended them. Before reading McCloud’s article, this concept never crossed my mind. He really made me start to think more critically about the world around me.
